Syllabus and Assignment Creation

Information literacy is the ability to use critical thinking to create meaningful knowledge from information. The information literate student: engages in a process of inquiry in order to frame intellectual challenges and identify research needs; accesses, evaluates, and communicates information effectively; provides attribution for source materials used; develops insight into the social, legal, economic and ethical aspects of information creation, use, access and durability.

Ask student to create an annotated bibliography to help students identify and synthesize the relevant literature.

Ask students to document their search process and sources to help students become familiar with databases, the importance of search terms, and how to properly format references.

Assign students the “Start Your Research Tutorial” to serve as a discipline agnostic introduction to conducting research.

Set learning goals and clear expectations regarding information literacy to direct their attention to the new skills they should be developing.

Ask students to identify how an author used cited evidence to construct an argument to prepare students to do the same in their arguments.

Specify your expectations for clear and consistent references and formatting to support complete and consistent formatting of references.

Plan the timing and content of library class sessions with librarians to integrate librarian-led workshops at appropriate times.